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Description
Handwritten manuscript signed and dated, New York, 13 June 1945.
- 1 page in-4° ink on paper, dated and signed New York, 13 June 1945, with erasures and corrections.
‘There once was a bird with wings whose characteristic was to split the air. The black air ahead of it was impregnated with the smell of iris, while the light-coloured air behind it resembled the song of milkmen when they push open massive doors with golden handles before vanishing on the blood-red floors of waiting-rooms that were still fresh and siphoned off by night.’
Œuvres complètes, Volume III, Inédits I, pages 181-3 [sale catalogue, 2003]
*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.
Bibliography
André Breton (Édition établie par Marguerite Bonnet et éditée par Étienne-Alain Hubert avec la contribution de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas et de José Pierre), « [Il y avait une fois un oiseau] », Inédits I, Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, p. 181-183, notes p. 1223.
| Creation date | 1945 |
| Bibliographical material | 1 page in-4° |
| Languages | French |
| Museum | |
| Size | 21,50 x 28,00 cm |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Reference | 1856000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2258 |
| Keywords | New York, Work notes, Fiction |
| Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100398910 |